Science Curriculum Map

First Grade

Draft

	ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)	CONTENT	SKILLS and ABILITIES	ASSESSMENT	RESOURCE
August
September	What are common weather conditions?	FOSS Air and Weather Unit and materials. Weather describes conditions in the air outside. Weather conditions change over time.	Communicate processes. Understand that scientists called meteorologists use tools to observe weather conditions. Temperature is measured with a thermometer, rain gauges measure how much rain or snow has fallen, and clouds are made of water drops.	FOSS Assessments.	Related books and tools for students to use in monthly weather charts and observations.
October	How does weather change daily and seasonally?	Notice which local weather conditions change from season to season. Weather observations can be organized and used to make comparisons.	Continue to observe and record daily weather changes. Compare changes that have happened in the daily weather. Report results.	FOSS weather calendar	FOSS AIr and Weather materials and related books.
November	What causes wind? Where is air?	Wind is moving air. Bubbles can show the changing direction and speed of the wind. Meteorologists use tools to determine the direction and speed of the wind.	Wonder and ask questions based on observations or wind and air. Make predictions of the results of an investigation using air/bubbles/ and other materials in the wind.	FOSS Assessments	FOSS: Air and Weather materials Related books
December	Does air have power? Does air take up space?	Change an object's position or motion by applying moving air. Investigate that air can be captured and does tak up space	Investigate air through use of FOSS materials such as balloons, straws, feathers, and bubbles. Record investigations in air journals, describing the results.	FOSS Assessments	FOSS: Air and Weather materials and related books.
January	What are properties of solids? What are properties of liquids?	Foss Solids and Liquids Unit and Materials. We use our senses to observe properties. Liquids pour and take on the shap of their container.	Make observations of solids and liquids and how they react in different situations.	FOSS Assessments	FOSS Solids and Liquids materials and related books.
February	How is the behavior of small solids similar and different to that of liquids? How can solid particles be seperated with a screen?	Observe and record the characteristics of solids and liquids and how they interact together.	Observe how water changes from a solid to a liquid and back again based on external temperature changes.	FOSS Assessments	FOSS Solids and Liquids materials and related books.
March	What makes an insect an insect?	FOSS Insects Unit and Materials. Insects need air, food, water,and space. Insects have characteristic structures and behaviors. Insects have different structures for eating different kinds of food. Insects can live underground, above ground, and in the water. The life cycle of a butterfly is egg, larva, pupa, and adult.	Observation, recording characteristics and changes observed with pictures and words and tracking the changes on a calendar, collecting data, vocabulary of butterfly life stages, comparison of butterflies to other insects.	FOSS Assessment (see Sheet #5) "How can you tell if something is an insect?"	FOSS Insects Materials and related books.
April	What is the life cycle of a butterfly?	Insects like butterflies need all the above. The life cycle of a butterfly is: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.	Understanding and use of vocabulary of the butterfly life cycle and comparison of butterflies to other insects.	FOSS Assessments Draw and label the life cycle of a butterfly.	FOSS Insects Materials and related books. Butterfly larva ordered from Insect Lore
May/June	What organisms live at the rocky shore beach, observable during low tide? How do these organisms depend on one another and their enviornment to survive?	Students will observe and identify barnacles, hermit crabs, mussels, seaweed, crabs, and clams at Birch Bay State Park. Students will begin to understand the interdependence and life cycle of hese organisms.	Observation, recording characteristics observed with pictures and words, collecting data, vacabulary of seashore creatures found, comparison of the various creatures found at low tide.	Teacher observation of student journals or which show creatures found at low tide on a rocky shore at Birch Bay Sate Park.	Teacher generated materials, Ranger Rick Nature Scope Diving Into Oceans, Delta Oceans, Delta Science Kit.